A favorite summer ritual, as a young married couple, was to pick up a peach pie from Marie Callender’s, a famous Los Angeles pie emporium during the 70’s and 80’s every few weeks during summers, piled ...

When it comes to Rosh Hashanah desserts, apple cake or honey cake might sound most familiar to Ashkenazi (Eastern and Central European) Jews celebrating the Jewish New Year. But the Jewish diaspora is ...

Sweet-scented namoura — syrup-soaked semolina cake — comes together in a snap and only gets better as it sits. By Mia Leimkuhler Amanda Saab’s namoura (syrup-soaked semolina cake), adapted by Tejal ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

When semolina cakes come out of the oven, they are not so sweet and are very crumbly, but once they are doused with hot and fragrant syrup, they turn moist and very sweet. The syrup also prevents them ...

It was a magical night by the Aegean Sea in Bodrum. The waves rippled softly, reflecting the light from our hotel. We were mesmerized by the shimmering blue and the sparkling white and silver of the ...

For some, fall’s first sighting of curled, browning, and desiccated leaves is a time of great joy. I’m not one of those people. My son peeks his head out of his teen-emo cave to happily refer to the ...

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan. 2. In a bowl, whisk the all-purpose and semolina flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. 3. In another bowl, combine the ...

This lovely moist cake has a refreshing flavour of orange blossom and is reasonably economical to make as the main ingredient is plain, everyday semolina. As a finishing touch, I also add a crunch of ...

A labour of love! In the book we go all-out with our own crystallised rose petals but if you want to save time you can do without these or use shop-bought dried rose petals: the cake and cream are ...